2001 Dallas Burn season

Dallas Burn
2001 season
Owner	Major League Soccer
Head coach	Mike Jeffries
Stadium	Cotton Bowl
MLS	Central Division: 3rd; Overall: 8th
MLS Cup	Lost Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Fire (0–2–1)
U.S. Open Cup	Lost Second Round vs. Seattle Sounders Select (2–3, OT)
Brimstone Cup	Lost vs. Chicago Fire (1–3–2)
Average home league attendance	12,574
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2000 2002 →

Last updated April 25, 2024

The 2001 Dallas Burn season was the sixth season of the Major League Soccer team. The team made the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year. Due to the September 11 attacks, the final two games of the season were cancelled.^[1] It was the first season under new head coach Mike Jeffries. The season was full of highs and lows. The team set the franchise record for highest attended playoff game on September 23, a record which still stands. The team also had their worst run in the U.S. Open Cup in franchise history, losing to the Seattle Sounders in overtime of the second round.

Final standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chicago Fire	27	16	6	5	50	30	+20	53	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Columbus Crew	26	13	7	6	49	36	+13	45
3	Dallas Burn	26	10	11	5	48	47	+1	35
4	Tampa Bay Mutiny	27	4	21	2	32	68	−36	14

Source: MLS

Regular season

April 7, 2001 (2001-04-07)1	Tampa Bay Mutiny	4–2	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT ^[2]	Ralston 14' Addo 21' Curtis 51' Diallo 55' (pen.) Maessner 79'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived December 14, 2001)	Rodríguez 16', 26'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 15,124 Referee: Noel Kenny Assistant referees: Robert Fereday Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

April 14, 2001 (2001-04-14)2	Dallas Burn	1–0	San Jose Earthquakes	San Jose, California
7:00 PM PDT ^[2]	Rhine 19' Deering 40' Dade 46' Pareja 52' Rodríguez 90'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived August 21, 2001)	Agoos 49'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 13,919 Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela Assistant referees: Tom Bobadilla Assistant referees: Jon Wilson

April 21, 2001 (2001-04-21)3	Chicago Fire	2–3 (OT)	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
2:00 PM CDT ^[2]	Whitfield 32' Bocanegra 42' Wolyniec 49' J. Beasley 81'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived August 21, 2001)	Pareja 17' Suarez 48' Deering 51' Rhine 82' Kreis 91+' Graziani 86' 96'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 9,785 Referee: Brian Hall Assistant referees: Tom Bobadilla Assistant referees: Paul Scott

April 28, 2001 (2001-04-28)4	Dallas Burn	2–3	MetroStars	East Rutherford, New Jersey
7:00 PM EDT ^[2]	Joseph 23' Farrer 71' Vaca 75' Rhine 88' Rodríguez 93+' (pen.)	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived August 13, 2001)	Comas 13' 58' Villegas 22' Chung 32' Mathis 60' Jolley 93+'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 17,543 Referee: Terry Vaughn Assistant referees: Craig Lowry Assistant referees: Nathan Clement

May 5, 2001 (2001-05-05)5	Colorado Rapids	1–0	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT ^[2]	Vermillion 19' Dawes 61' Spencer 64' Bravo 87'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived August 13, 2001)	Graziani 8' Eck 76'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 14,504 Referee: Kevin Stott Assistant referees: Tom Bobadilla Assistant referees: Jorge Reyes

May 12, 2001 (2001-05-12)6	Columbus Crew	0–4	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT ^[2]	Elcock 41' Clark 48' Lapper 52'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived May 19, 2001)	Pareja 32' Rodríguez 45' (pen.) Kreis 58' Rhine 64' Farrer 77' Graziani 83'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 14,087 Referee: Brian Hall Assistant referees: Jon Wilson Assistant referees: David Bragg

May 19, 2001 (2001-05-19)7	Dallas Burn	0–0 (OT)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Pasadena, California
7:00 PM PDT ^[2]	Suarez 35' Broome 43' Rodríguez 81'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived August 21, 2001)	Hernández 45'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 15,881 Referee: Roger Sill Assistant referees: Paul Scott Assistant referees: Richard Huber

May 23, 2001 (2001-05-23)8	San Jose Earthquakes	2–0	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT ^[2]	Cerritos 15' De Rosario 92+'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived June 22, 2001)	Joseph 40' Farrer 93+'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 7,505 Referee: Ricardo Salazar Assistant referees: Tom Bobadilla Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

June 2, 2001 (2001-06-02)9	Miami Fusion	6–2	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT ^[2]	Marshall 2' Serna 25', 84', 87' Pineda Chacón 34' Mastroeni 29'52' McKinley 44'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived June 19, 2001)	Rhine 8' Eck 51' Graziani 80'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 10,049 Referee: Marcel Yonan Assistant referees: Jorge Reyes Assistant referees: Paul Scott

June 6, 2001 (2001-06-06)10	Dallas Burn	1–0	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Tampa, Florida
7:00 PM EDT ^[2]	Kreis 15'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived August 21, 2001)		Stadium: Raymond James Stadium Attendance: 5,834 Referee: Gus St. Silva Assistant referees: Craig Lowry Assistant referees: Jeffery Feulner

June 9, 2001 (2001-06-09)11	D.C. United	0–3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
12:00 PM CDT ^[2]	Watson 8' Alegria 32' Convey 64'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived June 29, 2001)	Suarez 17' Rodríguez 18' Rhine 29' Farrer 60' Martínez 73'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 11,114 Referee: Alex Prus Assistant referees: Richard Huber Assistant referees: Jose Andrade

June 16, 2001 (2001-06-16)12	Dallas Burn	6–3	Colorado Rapids	Denver, Colorado
7:00 PM MDT ^[2]	Vermillion 5' (o.g.) Suarez 29' Vaca 35' Key 56' (o.g.) Pareja 68' Broome 83' Korol 90'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived June 29, 2001)	Balboa 25' Díaz Arce 28', 36' Key 73' Spencer 81'	Stadium: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 12,652 Referee: Tim Weyland Assistant referees: David Bragg Assistant referees: Cory Dean

June 23, 2001 (2001-06-23)13	Columbus Crew	2–1	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:00 PM CDT ^[2]	Lapper 29' 91+' Cunningham 44' West 54'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived July 7, 2001)	Graziani 19' Broome 88'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 10,940 Referee: Michael Kennedy Assistant referees: George Gansner Assistant referees: Richard Huber

June 30, 2001 (2001-06-30)14	Los Angeles Galaxy	0–0 (OT)	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
3:00 PM CDT ^[2]	Elliott 15' Califf 35' Caligiuri 47'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived July 15, 2001)	Suarez 43'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 16,104 Referee: Paul Tamberino Assistant referees: Robert Fereday Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

July 4, 2001 (2001-07-04)15	New England Revolution	1–1 (OT)	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT ^[2]	Catê 29' Franchino 56' Asad 80' Wright 91'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived July 7, 2001)	Deering 68' Dade 86' Graziani 88' Johnson 95+'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 21,343 Referee: Rich Grady Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos Assistant referees: Glenn Prechac

July 7, 2001 (2001-07-07)16	Dallas Burn	2–2 (OT)	Columbus Crew	Columbus, Ohio
4:00 PM EDT ^[2]	Graziani 43' Deering 61' Pareja 71' Rodríguez 75' Kreis 83'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived July 10, 2001)	Pérez 71'81' Cunningham 76' Buddle 90'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 18,937 Referee: Brian Hall Assistant referees: Glenn Prechac Assistant referees: Steven Davidson

July 14, 2001 (2001-07-14)17	Dallas Burn	2–3	Kansas City Wizards	Kansas City, Missouri
7:30 PM CDT ^[2]	Pareja 21' Evans 47' Graziani 53' Farrer 91+'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived July 17, 2001)	Lassiter 73', 75' Lowe 89' 92+'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 8,031 Referee: Noel Kenny Assistant referees: Richard Huber Assistant referees: George Gansner

July 18, 2001 (2001-07-18)18	Tampa Bay Mutiny	0–3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT ^[2]	Denton 7'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived July 26, 2001)	Dade 26' Kreis 36' Graziani 49' Rodríguez 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 7,119 Referee: Kevin Terry Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos Assistant referees: Jasen Anno

July 21, 2001 (2001-07-21)19	Dallas Burn	1–2 (OT)	Chicago Fire	Chicago, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT	Graziani 11' Farrer 36' Jordan 74' Kubík 74'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived July 26, 2001)	Kovalenko 62' Stoichkov 77' (pen.) Wynalda 99'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 20,357 Referee: Richard Heron Assistant referees: George Gansner Assistant referees: Richard Huber

August 4, 2001 (2001-08-04)20	Dallas Burn	1–5	New England Revolution	Foxboro, Massachusetts
7:30 PM EDT ^[3]	Graziani 14' Evans 38' 71' Korol 86'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived August 18, 2001)	Sunsing 9' Pierce 15' Franchino 25' Chronopoulos 49+', 81' Okoh 73'76' Catê 79' Woods 89'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 10,326 Referee: Tim Weyland Assistant referees: Steve Taylor Assistant referees: Bill Dittmar

August 11, 2001 (2001-08-11)21	MetroStars	0–3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT ^[2]	Petke 28' 39' Faria 90'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived August 22, 2001)	Kreis 22'34' Vaca 25' Suarez 42' Broome 44' Johnson 74'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 11,877 Referee: Rich Grady Assistant referees: George Vergara Assistant referees: Greg Watson

August 15, 2001 (2001-08-15)22	Dallas Burn	3–0	Columbus Crew	Columbus, Ohio
7:30 PM EDT ^[2]	Martínez 83'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived August 18, 2001)	Maisonneuve 18' Duhaney 54' Washington 75' Pérez 91+'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 19,008 Referee: Kevin Stott Assistant referees: Steve Taylor Assistant referees: John Konstantinidis

August 18, 2001 (2001-08-18)23	Dallas Burn	2–4	Miami Fusion	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 PM EDT ^[2]	Kreis 23' Deering 56' Dade 68'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived August 22, 2001)	Pineda Chacón 36'78' Preki 51' Henderson 90'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 9,750 Referee: Paul Tamberino Assistant referees: Robert Fereday Assistant referees: Gibby Widner

August 25, 2001 (2001-08-25)24	Kansas City Wizards	0–3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT ^[2]	Vermes 36' Gregor 60' Zavagnin 77'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived September 8, 2001)	Graziani 7', 57' Rodríguez 22' Kubík 37' Korol 62' Farrer 74' Broome 80'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 13,914 Referee: Gus St. Silva Assistant referees: Thomas Supple Assistant referees: Paul Scott

August 29, 2001 (2001-08-29)25	Dallas Burn	3–2 (OT)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Tampa, Florida
7:00 PM EDT ^[2]	Pareja 25' Graziani 67' Rodríguez 97'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived November 8, 2001)	Denton 1' Ralston 8' Peña 57' Barclay 89'	Stadium: Raymond James Stadium Attendance: 4,286 Referee: Reggie Rutty Assistant referees: Greg Watson Assistant referees: Jeffery Feulner

September 8, 2001 (2001-09-08)26	Dallas Burn	2–2 (OT)	Chicago Fire	Chicago, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT ^[2]	Dade 16' Suarez 31' Farrer 40' Rhine 87' Graziani 91+'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived November 8, 2001)	Marsch 11' Razov 31' Gutiérrez 68' Nowak 81' Vaudreuil 83'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 24,866 Referee: Noel Kenny Assistant referees: Chip Reed Assistant referees: Francisco Sanchez

September 12, 2001 (2001-09-12)27	Dallas Burn	–	D.C. United	Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT ^[3]				Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Note: Cancelled due to September 11 attacks ^[1]

September 15, 2001 (2001-09-15)28	Chicago Fire	–	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT ^[3]				Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Note: Cancelled due to September 11 attacks ^[1]

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

September 20, 2001 (2001-09-20)Game 1	Dallas Burn	0–2	Chicago Fire	Chicago, Illinois
7:30 PM CDT ^[4]	Pareja 15' Rodríguez 30' Kreis 69' Graziani 79' Martínez 89' Jordan 91+' Farrer 94+'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived October 29, 2001)	Razov 14' Bocanegra 28'40' Gutiérrez 55' Daniv 97+' Whitfield 98+'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 8,314 Referee: Gus St. Silva Assistant referees: Steven Davidson Assistant referees: Francisco Sanchez

September 23, 2001 (2001-09-23)Game 2	Chicago Fire	1–1 (OT)	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
4:00 PM CDT ^[4]	Kovalenko 26' Gutiérrez 56' Vaudreuil 72' J. Beasley 84'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived December 22, 2001)	Broome 5' Deering 27' Rhine 46'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 17,149 Referee: Kevin Stott Assistant referees: Paul Scott Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

September 29, 2001 (2001-09-29)Game 3	Dallas Burn	0–2	Chicago Fire	Chicago, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT ^[4]	Deering 30' Graziani 34' Broome 46+' Suarez 68' Korol 73' Pareja 75'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived October 29, 2001)	Armas 7' Kovalenko 17' Gutiérrez 25' Armas 55' Bocanegra 74' Vaudreuil 90'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 12,811 Referee: Tim Weyland Assistant referees: George Gansner Assistant referees: Richard Huber

U.S. Open Cup

June 27, 2001 (2001-06-27)Second Round	Seattle Sounders Select	3–2 (OT)	Dallas Burn	Duncanville, Texas
	Foisie 45' Kingsley 69' Ness 97'		Korol 65' Graziani 78'	Stadium: Old Panther Field Attendance: 554

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References

1 2 3 "MLS Teleconference: September 13, 2001". MLSNET. Archived from the original on February 11, 2002. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Dallas Burn 2001 Schedule". MLSNET. Archived from the original on December 15, 2000. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
1 2 3 "2001 BURN REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE". MLSNET. Archived from the original on June 13, 2001. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
1 2 3 "MLS To Resume Action With Playoffs". MLSNET. Archived from the original on September 20, 2001. Retrieved December 1, 2018.

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[2001cancel-1] 1 2 3 "MLS Teleconference: September 13, 2001". MLSNET. Archived from the original on February 11, 2002. Retrieved November 25, 2018.

[2001sked-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Dallas Burn 2001 Schedule". MLSNET. Archived from the original on December 15, 2000. Retrieved November 25, 2018.

[2001resked-3] 1 2 3 "2001 BURN REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE". MLSNET. Archived from the original on June 13, 2001. Retrieved November 25, 2018.

[2001playoffs-4] 1 2 3 "MLS To Resume Action With Playoffs". MLSNET. Archived from the original on September 20, 2001. Retrieved December 1, 2018.

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